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•^ ^ KIREWORD 

. ■" Emerson said: "The world do move!" This is douhly 
true of the "Shorthand World", for it is no longer necess- 
^ ary to spend many months to become a proficient shorthand 
I writer. 

>^ The aim of authors of shorthand for many years has 
<^^X^een to invent a system which could he learned in a short 
I time, but as the problem has always been studied from the 
view-point of writing the numerous sounds of the language, 
the task has been difficult. 

In this system an entirely different principle has 
been followed. The words are divided into syllables (as 
they are in the dictionary), and there being less than half 
as many syllables as sounds in the language, this method 
greatly simplifies the science. 

The law of association, the value of which is evident 
to all who have studied memory training, has been follov/ed 
throughout. To illustrate how this method fixes a fact in- 
delibly upon the mind, take for example, the height of the 
mountain Fujiyama, in Japan, which is 12,365 feet. It is 
hard to remember these figures, until you associate them 
with 12 months and 365 days in a year — then it is easy. 

Each character in the system is related to other char- 
acters. For instance — when you learn the character re- 
presenting the letter (t ) you know the six syllables fat) 
(et) (it) (ot) (ut) and (tr); and when you write this char- 
acter in four directions, turning the hook four ways when 
it is written in each direction, you know 4 times 4, or 16 
of the 26 letters of the alphabet, and also 16 times 6, or 
96 of the 106 syllables which form the foundation of THE 
EKTIRE SYSTEM. 

The natural longhand movement is used. Dots, dashes, 
shading, and ruled lines have been eliminated. The result 
is a simple, speedy, legible system. 

By studying CHOWU SHORT IME SHORTHAND, a student can 
become an expert shorthand writer in one-third the time 
required by other systems. 

THE AUTHOR 



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/= zero 


n 


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r 


1 = are 


p 


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f 


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b 


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CHARTERED 

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STATE OF NEW YORf 



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Dear Sir: 
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We have investigated your record with our house and find, as you 

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say, that our previous letter was sent to you by mistake. But I do not 

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know as it was a mistake after all, for you have not sent us an order for 

quite a while, and we are wondering if our goods or seivice have "been in 

any way unsatisfactory, /Will you tell us frankly? 
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making it right* /We want to be sure you are satisfied and to renew our 

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previous pleasant relations. / So if anything has been wrong, tell us of it 

and let us adjust the matter. /If not. will you not look over the splendid 

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offering in our spring catalogue, which is just off the press and a copy 
or which we are mailing you? 

Most cordially. 



wjc/mmd 



Western Rubber Company 

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THt HATtONAL CASH REdlSTCR COMPANY 

CAPITAL. $10,000,000 
OFFICE AND FACTORY, DAYTON, OHIO 
JOHN H. PATTERSON. BRANCH FA CTO R I E S i LO N O ON , E N G LAN D- BE RLI N, G ER M AN Y TO R O NTO, C A N A D A 

EDWARD A DEEDS^ 

PLINY EVES, District Manager 629 Main Street 

F. E. WOOD, Office Manager Address reply to Bell Telephone Tupper 35 

BUFFALO, N.Y., OFFICE Frontier Telephone 4067 



Dear Sir; 
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Is your cash register working satisfactorily? V'Does it carory 

out the system that you planned when you "bought it? Does it accomplish 

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everything you v;ant it to do or can you suggest some improvement? 
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She year is about over, and "before it closes I v/ant to "be sure 
that every user is thoroughly satisfied. I would like to call on you 

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personally, hut as there are 14,000 in my territory it v/oiad require too 

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much time to get around, 
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If you are not getting just the results you want, we shall be 
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glad to help you with any suggestions we may make by letter, and have a 

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representative call if you wish. / 

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A stamped postal is enclosed for your convenience in answering* 
YfJC/cm. Very truly yours. 

District Manager. 



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V_= Yours respectfully 


V = company 


L.= Yours faithfully 


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Buffalo E vening News. 



.<^< BUSINESS OFFICE '^^^^ 



Bltfrai.0. N.Y. 



Mr. Harry Smith, 

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1200 Main Street, 



Buffalo, 5. Y, 



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Bear Sir: 

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Why not decide to sign your name at the bottom 
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of the enclosed slip when you read this letter, 

Really, I am afraid that if you do not settle 

this amount very soon, you will forget how good those 

stories were. .There were 40 of them you know, and every 

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single one of them must have brought a little joy. Just 

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think of it — 40 times a little joy; what a lot of joy! 

I do not know whether ^10 will settle for all of it/ but 

send it along, / 

Yours respectfully, 
WJG/WHW ^ 



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ex c.,^ =expres3 ^ = STiramer \=reDriiar7 

ox ^^-r'^ ="box ^ — 1 =?all V =liarch 

ix / ,^ =mix ^,= Autumn \ = April 

ux (^^^ = luxury >^_ =Winter "^ =May 

sa -- =say | =lTorth V^^=June 

pa 'N =pay ^~d = South \x_;>^j;2ly 

Is — e ^less loss '^— ^ =East vv^/^Auo-ust 



ns — 6 =ness ^ <_^r=West \ = SeptemlDer 

ys i =yes ^"""^ = Sunday (/"^October 



ds ■/ = discount ^^ — o=Monday —y^ = November 



ras \ =mistakQ c_rr~^= Tuesday /^ = Pec ember 

f-ob \^ =f, 0. b, c =Wednesday / =today 

c-od ^ =c» 0. d. ~^ r^Tiiursday \ = tomorrow 

^1-1 ^ =bill of lading ^ = Friday "v -together 



ship-bl \^= shipping bill -t = Saturday \r=all together 



ESTABLISHED ISIS 



WEED & COMPANY 

WHOLESALE HARDWARE 

IRON& STEEL, RAILROAD, SHOP& MILL SUPPLIES 



Dear Mr, Smith; 
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When you think of hardware, we venture to say that you think of 

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Weed's, For the firm of Weed's has heen associated with hardware needs and 
hardware satisfaction in Erie County for a period of ninety-four years. 



Pretty considerable length of time for a "business to run — and 

grow, don't you think? When your excellent business has reached that age 

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you'll feel like celebrating In some way. Our way is to concentrate upon 

twenty- five or thirty items that you are sure to need, and, without shading 

the quality because of the lower price, assure you that you can keep one 

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dollar out of every five in your pocket when you buy from this list. / 

Read and consider the attached bargain list and remember if it's 

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hardware It's at Weed's. 

Very sincerely yours, 
WJC/MMD By 

Manager. 



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tlU*N RtNNCOY. PtCSiOtNT «. H. WHITFORO. ctiifCAk StcuT**r AMTMU* M. COtTON. CiTi SEOETAtf ro« Bovt 

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 

CENTRAL DEPARTMENT 

> BUILDING. 45 'WKST MOHAWK STREET 

CLIFFORD HUBBELL. Chaiiiiiaii RALPH CROT. TuiASUItB. 

C M. BROWNELL. OCPAIiTaiiiT SlclCTAtr 

My dear Mr. Brown: 

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You have "been a member of the Young Men's Christian Aesocistion 
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some time during the past few years, "but just at present you are not on 

our rolls. 

The association may mean one or all these things to you: 

HOME for nearly 700 young men who come to Buffalo live in Y. M. C. A. 

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Dormitories; EDUCATJON — for add^d mental power is provided for you in 



forty-one vocational courses and educational classes; HEALTH — for 

gymnastics, aquatics, and play under skilled direction, help the city 

man to maintain physical stamina; SERVICE — for opportunities are opened 

for you to do unselfish, thank-you, johs for OTHERS — xh.Q stranger, 

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or the less fortunate fellow who may need you, 

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On the ground of your past interest, and our present need of 
your co-operation, we most cordially invite you to renew your meml^rship — 

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the cost is small. 
— ,/^«-^ 3 ^~ \ I Very truly yours, ^ ^ 

CTP/MEN Memh^ship Secretary, ^ 



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I ^ = as soon as possible 
I = replying to your letter 
I = in reply to your favor 
^v = in reply to your letter 
\^- in answer to your letter 
^ = We received your check 
I 7 = We received your favor 
^^-\. =We received your telegram 
i-;^ = We are sorry 
yr^ - We are very sorry 

t = to hear from you 
' \,= as far as possible 
= We received your valued favor 
V = We are in receipt of your favor 
*n — >= We are in receipt of your letter 
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